MLB power rankings: April showers

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The Padres’ farm system is rated among the best in the game, two of the full-season affiliates are well above .500 and the two A-ball teams are among the youngest at their level. The big league product so far? Look away, because the 2018 Padres, one month into the season, are on pace 106 losses, which would trail only their inaugural 110-loss season in 1969. The first Padres were at least better the first month of the season (.391) than Andy Green’s bunch (.345), one of seven teams on pace to lose 100 games this season. Outsiders would say the tank is in full effect. Only time will tell if another year of this will be worth it in San Diego.

Mookie Betts, the AL MVP runner-up in 2016, is penning a comeback season. His eight home runs are one-third of last year’s final tally and his batting line is up from .264/.344/.459 to .344/.439/.733 through the first month of the season.